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E. 4. S TAUPFEE.

WINDOW WASHER.

No. 434,734. Patented Aug. 19. 1890.

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E. A. STAUFFER;

WINDO W WASHER.

No. 434,134. Patented Au 19, 1390.

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ELLA'A. STAUFFER, OF WlClll'lA, KANSAS.

wmoowwsssssi SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 434,734, dated August 1Q, 1899. Application filed February 14, 1890. Serial No. 340,487. (No model.)

' ing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have inven ted certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Washers, of which theifollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference thereon,

forming apart of this specification, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of myinvention, showing it secured tea window-sill, as it would appear when placed into position for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail 'side view of one end portion of theswinging arm thereof and a sectional view ot a'brush and its socket attached to said arm. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the lever, its support, and shifting-rack thereof, showing the hub of the lever in section. Fig. 5 is a rear side elevation of said lever-support and shifting-rack. Fig. 6 isaback plan view of the window-rubber; and Fig. 7 is a detail view of portion of the swinging arm of the device,showing the swivcled eyeboltthereof, by means of which the said arm is connected to be operated by the lever mechanism.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a portable device for washing and cleaning the outer surface of window panes, which is adapted to be clamped to awindow-- sill and operated from the inside of a building, which improvements are fully set forth and explained in the following specification I of said socket-piece in such manner as to turnand claims.

Referring to thedrawings,Arepresents the I base of a washer and is stepped at its front end and adapted to be secured to a windowsill by means of screw-clamps 0 O, as shown, the steps being for the purpose of adapting the base to window-sills of diiferent widths.

Z is a socket-piece fixed to the outer end of the base. Dis an upright supported by means in the socket thereof, and formed as a part of 'thesaiduprightatits upper portionis'the yokeframe D, which is provided with a series of cross-holes e, from which is suspended in said yoke-frame a swing F, consisting of a bent rod or wire terminating at its ends with op- V posite trunnions hung in the holes 2.

B is an arm pivotally connected with and suspended by means of the swing F in yoke of upright l) is a similar series of eyes e, and

S is a coil-spring hooked at one end to an eye of the upright and atthe opposite end to an eye of the arm, and is for' the purpose of yieldingly holding the arm swung forward with the rubber. against the window-pane w. J and J are a pair of opposite standards, which are secured one at either side near the forward end of base A at a point directly below the window-sash, and are surmounted by a pair of post-brackets J J, upon which the window-sash is lowered to rest; and V is a rack-bar arranged connecting said standards, and in the rear of the same a short distance and raised to a height about half-way from the standards head to the base A.

I is a bar fixed at each end in the respective standards J J, spanning the space between them. L is a lever fulerumed on said bar, and is provided with its hub-bearing m on said rod with a flared entrance at either side,

as shown in Fig. 4, for the purpose of permittin g the lever to tilt sidewise, as shown in Fig. 1, and the purpose of the rack-bar V is that the lever may be lowered in between a pair of its teeth and used as a bearing sidewise when the handle end II of the lever is pushed to one side to shift hub m. along on bar I, which purchase is necessary, owing to the fact that when the lever is shifted it carries the inner end of arm 13 with it and also turns upright D to face in the direction the arm B is pointing, and by means of the length of bar I and such side shifting of the lever and arm the rubber P is brought at all points across a window-pane. dis an eyebolt swivcled in a hole of arm B with its eye depending from the arm, and is adapted to be shifted to other holes f (see Fig. l) of the arm for certain adjustments, and R is a connecting bar or rod arranged connecting the outer end of lever L with said eyebolt for the purpose of imparting motion to the arm from lever L to work the rubber P or brush P up and ceive the ball P and be held closed to retain down the window-pane when the handle H is correspondingly worked, and for the further purpose of a medium for shifting the arm B with lever L when the .shifting takes place, as described.

As a means of adapting the rubber and brush to be interchangeable, their soaket P is made in two parts, a part P hinged at '11. (see Fig. 6) to part P and provided with a side slot 25' and adapted to swing out to rethe ball by means of the thumb-screw tin slot 15', and as a means of clamping a cloth or the like to the rubber P it is provided at either end with a clamping-bail g, these bails arranged to turn back to receive the cloth under them and be forced into position against the cloth at the ends of the rubber. The rubber P'is made thin enough to enter between the top rail of the lower sash and the bottom rail of the top sash when the windows are in the position shown in Fig. 1, so that all the panes w may be washed.

When washing a window, the washer is set clamped to the sill, as shown and described, and as the lower pane is being washed by working the lever to cause the rubber or brush to rub up and down and be shifted sidewise to engage all parts of the glass water may be dashed between the upper and lower'sash, when it will run down over the pane to the rubber, and when washing the upper pane it is lowered even with the lower sash, and then water may be dashed against its outer surface by reaching over the two sashes, and the washing is performed in like manner as is the lower pane. After the panes are washed dry cloths maybe clamped to the rubber and the panes wiped dry in like manner as when washing them.

The series of eyes a and c are for the purpose of changing the position .of spring S to accommodate different adj ustmentsof the arm B, and the series of holes e and f are respectively for the purpose of changing the height v of the swing F and arm B and for changing -the position of the swiveled eyebolt d when longer or shorter strokes or more or less lever- I purchase is required.

a, the spring S, yieldingly connecting said arm to standard D, the standards J J, supporting the bar I and rack-bar V, the lever L, fulcrumed on and adapted to be shifted along bar I, and the connecting-rod R, connecting the lever with arm B through the Imedium of the swiveled eyebolt d, substantially'as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In the herein-described window-washer,

in combination with the yoke-standard and the levermechanisnnthe swinging yielding arm B,

carrying the rubber ,or brush, and the rod and jswiveled connection for connecting and imparting motion to the said arm from the lever, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In the herein-describedwindow-washer, the combination, with the lever L, provided ;with the handle H and flared hub m, of the standards J J, the cross-rod I, and the shift- ;ing rack-bar 'V, substantially as and for the ;purpose set forth.

4.. In the herein-described window-washer,

the combination, with the base A, of the standfards J J, surmounted by the post-brackets 'J' J' for supporting the window-sash, the cross-rod I, supporting the lever L, and the lever arranged fulcrumed on said cross-bar, wherein its handle H is adapted to be operated from the inside of a building, and thereby operate the window rubber or brushv at the outside of the window-pane, substantially as set forth.

-' ELLA A. STAUFFER.

Witnesses:

WM. J. HUT'CHINS, N. B. HAGIN. 

